The week in Russian media: threats of annihilation
By EU vs Disinfo
An odd but not surprising theme appeared in Russian media during this week. Whereas threatening with the possible use of nuclear...
Anatomy of a Russian chemical weapons lab lie
If Moscow wants its Syrian allies to skirt the blame for chemical attacks, they’re going to have to come up with some better evidence...
Fake: Ukraine Recognizes It Cannot Return Crimea
Following in the footsteps of last week’s fake claiming that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans to deny Ukrainian citizenship to all those who were...
StopFake #180 with Marko Suprun
Fake: President Porosenko wants Crimeans to be deprived of Ukrainian citizenship; Germany wants out of Russia sanctions; Ukrainian sailors threaten to return to Crimea;...
Fake: President Poroshenko Proposes Crimeans be Deprived of Ukrainian Citizenship
This week the usual suspects – TASS, RIA Novosti, Ukraina.ru, RT, Lenta.ru announced that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko intends to deprive of Ukrainian citizenship...
Manipulation: Ukrainian Sailors Threaten to Return to Crimea
On April 18 RIA Novosti, Argumenty I Fakty, PolitNavigator, Moskovskyi Komsomolets and other Russian media disseminated a story claiming that Ukrainian sailors who left...
Disinfo News: The “Troll” That Went Public
By Polyghaph
It seems that not only were rumors of Ian56's (@Ian56789) Twitter "death" (suspension) on Thursday exaggerated, but on Friday afternoon the world became acquainted...
Fake: The Central Communication Port is being created to allow quick transfer of US...
Russian Information Agency “Sputnik” bring out the statement that the construction of the Central Communication Port (CPK) in Poland is meant to allow quick...
OPCW Has UN Authorization to Inspect Alleged Chemical Attack Site
Sergei Ryabkov
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
"Everything rested on the absence of UN Secretariat security department approval for a visit by OPCW experts to the site...
Russian Social Media Influence: Understanding Russian Propaganda in Eastern Europe
By Todd C. Helmus, Elizabeth Bodine-Baron, Andrew Radin, Madeline Magnuson, Joshua Mendelsohn, William Marcellino, Andriy Bega, Zev Winkelman, for RAND
A RAND Corporation study examined Russian-language content on social media and the broader...